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South Africa coach Carlos Alberto Parreira has named a 29-man preliminary squad for the World Cup which they host in June.

Included on the list are West Ham striker Benni McCarthy and Portsmouth midfielder Aaron Mokoena.

But Nasief Morris who plays for Real Santander in Spain's La Liga is omitted from the squad.

South Africa kick off the tournament on June 11 against Mexico, at Soccer City in Johannesburg.

There are nineteen home based players in all on the list with the remaining ten playing in various leagues across Europe.

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Other notable inclusions in the team are Steven Pienaar of Everton and Siphiwe Tshabalala who plays for Kaizer Chiefs in the South African league.

Coach Parreira will announce his final final 23-man squad for the tournament on 1 June, 10 days before the tournament begins.

According to coach Parreira, his main headache will be how to intergrate the foreign based players, with the locally based boys.

"This is going to be rather difficult, not because the overseas-based players are coming to this camp, but because we don't know what condition they will come in - physically and technically," Parreira said.

"Some of them have played too many games - like Steven Pienaar who has played 27 games since November, some have played half of what Pienaar played while others started in one or two.

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"So they will come here in different fitness levels, which will give our physical trainer a lot of headaches to put them in good shape for the competition," said the coach.

The Bafana Bafana have just ended a three week training camp in Germany, with coach Parreira complaining about the quality of the opposition they faced.

Full Bafana Bafana squad:

Goal Keepers: Itumeleng Khune (Kaizer Chiefs), Shu-Aib Walters (Maritzburg United), Rowen Fernandez (Arminia Bielefeld, Germany), Moeneeb Joseph (Orlando Pirates).

Defenders: Matthew Booth (Mamelodi Sundowns), Siboniso Gaxa (Mamelodi Sundowns), Innocent Mdledle (Mamelodi Sundowns), Bongani Khumalo (Supersport United), Tsepo Masilela (Maccabi Haifa, Israel), Aaron Mokoena (Portsmouth, England), Bryce Moon (PAOK, Greece), Anele Ngcongca (Racing Genk, Belgium), Siyabonga Sangweni (Golden Arrows Lucas Thwala (Orlando Pirates).

Midfielders: Surprise Moriri (Mamelodi Sundowns), Franklin Cale (Mamelodi Sundowns), Lance Davids (Ajax Cape Town), Kagisho Dikgacoi (Fulham, England), Andile Jali (Orlando Pirates), Teko Modise (Orlando Pirates), Reneilwe Letsholonyane (Kaizer Chiefs), Siphiwe Tshabalala (Kaizer Chiefs), Thanduyise Khuboni (Golden Arrows), (Steven Pienaar (Everton, England), Macbeth Sibaya (Rubin Kazan, Russia).

Strikers: Benni McCarthy (West Ham United, England), Katlego Mphela (Mamelodi Sundowns), Siyabonga Nomvete (Moroka Swallows), Bernard Parker (FC Twente, Holland).

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